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By David Zinger on May 31, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
Phil Dourado has a great leadership snippet based on Roger Bannister breaking the 4 minute mile. Phil makes the point that Roger did not lead the way and relied on the pacing of Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway.
Here is Phil’s conclusion after he has you watch a part of the record setting performance:
It wasn’t a […]
By David Zinger on May 29, 2007 in Zengagement, Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Employee engagement is about engaging now not some future state we must strive towards
To live for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. ~ Robert M. Pirsig
Engage now, where you are, with what you are doing.
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By David Zinger on May 25, 2007 in Monday Morning Percolator, Engagement, Disengagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #15 (Early release)
by David Zinger
If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will. ~ Mother Teresa
Don’t let your employee engagement messages go to the dogs or lull people to sleep.
How do we provide emotional rescue to ensure that people care about […]
By David Zinger on May 24, 2007 in Zengagement, Techniques, Personal Engagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | Comments Off
Do you see relaxation as the opposite of work and effort? Perhaps you believe relaxation is something you do after work? I believe we perform at our best when we relax into work or performance. Our thinking can prohibit engagement or prolong emlpoyee disengagement.
Here is a short paragraph from J. J. Gibbs, Dancing With Your Books: The […]
By David Zinger on May 23, 2007 in Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Can you hear your echo? Reflect on Barrie Shepley’s Personal Best Newsletter story about the echo:
A son and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: “AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!” Curious, he yells: “Who are you?” He receives the answer: […]
By David Zinger on May 22, 2007 in David Zinger | 0 Comments
Waves of climbers have reached the summit of Everest this past week. It is heartening to see so many climbers reach their goal. Without minimizing any individual accomplishment it is really a feat of the human spirit and gumption that the summit is being reached by hundreds of people.
As a Canadian it has been inspiring […]
By David Zinger on May 22, 2007 in Zengagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
We must make our moments count in employee engagement.
According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness is
paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. This kind of attention nurtures greater awareness, clarity, and acceptance of present-moment reality. It wakes us up to the fact that our lives unfold only in moments. If […]
By David Zinger on May 20, 2007 in Engagement Statistics, Monday Morning Percolator, Engagement, Disengagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Employee Engagement: Monday Morning Percolator #14
The key concept from chapter four of Made to Stick is to make your ideas “edible” by you and the idea being credible. Employees will bite into employee engagement when they trust the message and the messenger. As a leader you need to establish and leverage trust in the name of employee […]
By David Zinger on May 18, 2007 in Zengagement, Workplace Engagement, Employee Engagement | 0 Comments
Read David K. Reynolds passage from page 5 of Constructive Living:
You see, the fully functioning human being isn’t someone who is utterly free of pain and happy all the time. Not at all. The mature human being goes about doing what needs to be done regardless of whether that person feels great or terrible. Knowing […]
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